Chapter 49: Justice Speaks Out

Peng Wuwang came to Longjiazhuang within a radius of twenty miles, and had already begun to see a group of young people in the east and a group in the west. He exhaled vigorously, touched an inferior single knife he had just bought at the blacksmith shop, and was about to rush in with a loud shout. He originally thought it was very simple, as long as he danced with a single knife to kill people, kill ghosts, kill all the way to the Nian Gang General Altar, rescue Red Sky Hero, meet with Hong Sixue, and then kill together. In the past few days, he has been born and died many times, and he has long regarded this scene of guns and arrows as no one's land. However, a soft sobbing sound stopped his determination to kill the Quartet.

A young boy, less than eighteen years old, trembled and held a rusty ghost-headed knife, and cried softly as he desperately sharpened the knife on a whetstone.

Another thirty-year-old man next to him sighed vigorously and said roughly, "Xiao Song, don't cry, you can't stop crying like this, uncle, I'm upset when I hear it."

Xiao Song choked up and said, "Uncle Song, I'm so scared, I'm afraid I'll never see my mother again. I miss my daddy so much."

Uncle Song slapped his thigh and said angrily, "It's really useless, cowardly as a mouse, how can I help my children."

Xiao Song said, "Uncle Song, why are we going to war with the big ** here? I've heard that the big ** horses are all heavenly soldiers and god generals, I'm afraid I can't beat them."

Uncle Song sighed heavily, and said, "If you can't beat it, you have to fight, we have received the great favor of the Nian Gang from generation to generation, is it possible that now the Nian Gang has something to do, don't we care?"

Xiao Song cried, "The people in the village scolded us, saying that we were Xiao Xian's lackeys and aiding and abetting abuse."

Uncle Song snorted angrily, "What do they know, don't pay attention to them."

Xiao Song asked again, "If Tang Bing wins Xiao Xian, will the Nian Gang really be over?"

Uncle Song scratched his head, thought for a long time, and said, "It should be, since the altar master said so, what's wrong with that."

Peng Wuwang listened to this conversation and retreated into a forest outside the village. "They are not bad people, they are just being used, I Peng has no hope of stepping in, I am afraid that I have killed many good people by mistake, although it is for the sake of righteousness, but what is the difference between the murder committed and those great evils." Peng thought sadly.

He was wandering around outside Longjiazhuang in a state of confusion, when suddenly he bumped into a woman with a white veil wrapped around her head. "Eun Gong, Eun Gong!" The woman cried out in surprise when she saw him.

Peng Wuwang was shocked, glanced at the woman, and asked, "This aunt, do you know me?"

The woman said, "Of course, you are a great benefactor to more than a dozen fishermen in our fishing villages. I've seen you, and that guy in my family is Boss Zhao, you've seen it."

Peng Wuwang suddenly realized and said, "It turned out to be Aunt Zhao, hopeless and polite." He looked back in the direction of Longjiazhuang and asked, "Aunt Zhao, are you going to Longjiazhuang?" There's going to be a big event going on there in the near future, so don't go."

"Hey," Aunt Zhao said, "Engong doesn't know anything, that cub in my family is not easy to learn, he went to learn to join a gang, and was taken to Longjiazhuang by his uncle. I heard that it was to start a war with the big **. We have such a lone seedling in our family, and we all rely on him to succeed the incense lamp, and I am desperately trying to pull him back today. His father has gone back to the village to contact everyone, and as long as there are children in Longjiazhuang, he will go to Longjiazhuang and bring them back."

Peng Wuwang's heart moved, and he said, "Then when will they arrive?"

Aunt Zhao said, "Hey, I don't know, I can't wait, so I came alone." Then, she changed her mind and said, "Engong, don't be angry, my family was going to find someone to build a shrine for you, but now that this incident has happened, this matter has to be delayed for a while."

Peng Wuwang sighed and said, "Didn't I tell him not to be busy with this matter? Forget it, don't talk about this, in this way, auntie, I'm also going to Longjiazhuang, why don't we go together."

Aunt Zhao was overjoyed and said, "Great, Engong, I was desperate, but now that I have such a capable person following, I am much more relieved." Let's go, I'm afraid that my cub has already been hit by someone. Hey, he's weak, but he's too strong, and it's really worrying to think about what to do every day."

Along the way, Aunt Zhao kept babbling about how the children of the fishing village joined the Nian Gang, and how many children of the fishing village were in the Nian Gang.

Peng Wuwang listened carefully and roughly understood the situation. It turned out that the Nianbang Jiangnan General Altar has lived in Longjiazhuang for generations, and over the years has recruited more than 3,000 children from fishing villages. They have a low status in the Nian Gang and are not taken seriously, but they are responsible for any dangerous work. Peng Wuwang listened attentively, and there was a vague calculation in his heart.

At this time, the two of them had already arrived outside the back gate of Longjiazhuang. There are hundreds of rooms in the courtyard of Houzhuang, which was specially designed by Long Qianlu to station the grassroots children of the Nian Gang, which is enough to accommodate 100,000 soldiers. The nearby villages can accommodate more than 100,000 people, and the granary of the dragon and the scale generation is also nearby, with abundant grain, enough for 500,000 people to eat for more than a month. And Zong Haogu, the cronies and children of Long Qianlu lived in the inner courtyard that had been guarded by the children over the years, and their private torture hall and council hall were also in the inner courtyard.

The young men waiting outside the gate of Houzhuang recognized Aunt Zhao at a glance, and said impatiently: "It's you again, Aunt Zhao, go back, your son is very good here, you don't have to worry."

Aunt Zhao was furious, rushed over and pulled his sleeve, crying and shouting: "You Wan Mazi, you can't die well, is my son already dead?" You lied to me, you called him out, I want him to go home."

Wan Mazi was angry and embarrassed, shook off Aunt Zhao hard, showed his long knife, and scolded: "You crazy woman, don't sprinkle here, hurry up and go back, otherwise I'm welcome."

Aunt Zhao was not afraid at all, grabbed his hand, and said, "You killed me!" Kill me! Why don't you let me see my son, you won't die well when the sky thunders." Wan Mazi had no choice but to pick up the long knife and make a gesture, and suddenly, a faint light flashed, and the long knife was broken into seven or eight knots and scattered all over the ground.

"Hell yes!" The eyes of the children who have been guarding the door for several years have widened, and they can't see what is the long knife that broke Wan Mazi. Except for Aunt Zhao here, it is this ordinary-looking young man who came with her, thinking that he is her nephew, how can he have such amazing martial arts.

"It's too evil!" The leader guarding the door squatted on the ground tremblingly, took the broken knife in his hand, looked at it again and again, and said, "Forget it, Wan Mazi, let Aunt Zhao pass." This is too evil, does it offend the gods? Otherwise, this strange thing would have happened." The other people in the gang should be one after another, and there is a humanitarian: "Recently, the wind and clouds have converged, and there will be many gods coming and going, Li Tou'er, let's quickly set up an incense case and sacrifice more incense to the gods from all walks of life." People who walk the rivers and lakes lick blood every day, so they especially believe in gods and Buddhas. I saw a few people rushing into the inner courtyard to discuss the matter of burning incense and worshipping.

Wan Mazi waved his hand to Aunt Zhao again and again: "Go, go, you, Brother Zhao is not as afraid of accidents as you. He's not going back."

In this way, in a daze, Aunt Zhao and Peng Wuwang quietly entered Longjiazhuang, passed through several courtyards, and finally came to the Dijia Courtyard where Brother Zhao lived.

As soon as he saw Aunt Zhao, the elder brother of the Zhao family ran out with a red face and said loudly, "Mother, why are you here, go back quickly." My brothers here are laughing at me."

"What are you laughing at?" Aunt Zhao slapped him hard, "You unfilial son, our Zhao family is the only seedling of you, you don't take good care of your body, see that the sky is helping you fool around in the New Year, and you won't let me go home."

Brother Zhao was embarrassed and whispered, "Mother, my uncle brought me here, I have already beheaded the chicken and made a blood oath to live and die with the Nian Gang."

"Oh, how can this make me live," Aunt Zhao cried and shouted, "Luo Dahu, who killed a thousand knives, you can't die well."

At this time, a rough man walked out of the Dijia Courtyard, grabbed Aunt Zhao, and said loudly, "Sister, what are you doing here, go back quickly, there will be a war here."

Aunt Zhao slapped him on the head hard, and said angrily: "You damn it, I still think I am your sister, we are the only seedling in our family, you have to finish it with the Nian Gang, go by yourself, why do you have to bring my children."

Luo Dahu, that is, the rough man, whispered, "Eldest sister, our Luo family is deeply favored by the Nian Gang, and now the Nian Gang is in trouble, don't we care?"

Seeing this, Peng Wuwang felt infinite emotion in his heart, and was about to speak. Suddenly, there was a noisy noise outside the courtyard gate, and thousands of fishermen, couples, old people and children, gathered in groups in front of Longjiazhuang, crying and screaming, asking their husbands, fathers, and sons to go home. Wan Mazi, Li Tou'er couldn't resist it, and retreated one after another, and Boss Zhao led this group of people from the fisherman's village to rush into the courtyard. As soon as they arrived in the courtyard, thousands of people dispersed with a "buzz", looking for their sons, fathers, and husbands. Although the Nian Gang has a large number of people, it has been in good relationship with the parents of these fishing villages for many years, and as the children of the rivers and lakes, it should not be difficult for women and children who do not know martial arts, and the most important thing is that many of the children of the Nian Gang come from the fishing villages, so no one can control the development of the situation. Strangely, the senior gang in the front yard seemed to be doing something important, and no one came here to preside over the overall situation.

Peng Wuwang looked at it in his eyes, only felt that this was a great opportunity from God, he stepped forward, flew onto the roof of a village, overlooked everyone, and said loudly, "Everyone, listen to Peng's words." He used enough internal strength to say this, and the sound was like a bell, resounding through the four fields, and in an instant, everyone stopped making noise and looked up.

Boss Zhao's eyes were sharp, and he recognized Peng Wuwang at a glance, bowed his head, and said loudly, "Engong!" The fathers and villagers from the fishing village saw Peng Wuwang standing on the roof like a god, and in excitement, they knelt down one after another and shouted happily, "Engong, Engong has come to help us again."

The elder brother of the Zhao family came to Aunt Zhao and asked, "Mother, why is this eldest brother your father-in-law?"

Aunt Zhao pulled him to the ground and knelt down, and said, "You unfilial son, this Engong killed the Dongting Lake Eel Demon who has been doing evil for hundreds of years, and he is the great benefactor of our eighteen fishing villages and hundreds of thousands of fishermen."

The elder brother of the Zhao family was like a thunderbolt, looking at Peng Wuwang in a daze, his legs were weak, he poofed, knelt on the ground, and said loudly: "Engong!"

The children of the Nian Gang who were born in a fishing village couldn't believe that the eel demon that had been rampant in the cave for hundreds of years was killed like this. They were ecstatic to hear the news. Suddenly, there was a hula and thousands of people knelt down in the courtyard, some crying with joy.

Luo Dahu's eyes were red, and he muttered, "Second brother, your revenge has finally been avenged." It turned out that his brother Luo Erhu was taken away by the eel demon when he was fishing, and he never surfaced on the lake again.

Peng Wuwang really didn't like to see so many people kneeling in front of him, but he thought about it again, barely suppressed his emotions, and said loudly, "Everyone, do you know why I came to Longjiazhuang."

Everyone present looked at each other and shook their heads. Peng Wuwang said loudly: "When you hear my name, you will know that I am Qingzhou Peng Wuwang."

The name Qingzhou Peng Wuwang exploded in the ears of the Nian Gang people present like a thunderbolt from the sky. Everyone was in a daze.

"Impossible!" Luo Dahu said in a trembling voice, "Qingzhou Peng Wuwang has been killed, and everyone here knows about it."

Peng Wuwang looked up to the sky and laughed, and said loudly: "I was hit by the heart-piercing sword of the Qingfeng Hall assassin, and I would have died, but that Dongting Lake eel demon really didn't have long eyes, and he actually wanted to use me to wrap his belly, and I bit my throat and drank the blood from my neck and died. And I survived."

Everyone talked about it and was amazed.

Peng Wuwang suddenly shouted and said, "Everyone, why did the Nian Gang besiege and kill me, do you know?"

Everyone was silent for a long time, and the elder brother of the Zhao family mustered up the courage to say loudly, "It's because you colluded with Hong Sixue to conspire to disband the Nian Gang."

Peng Wuwang glanced at him, nodded slowly, and said loudly, "Yes, I, Peng Wuwang, am here to disband the Year Gang. Because my admiration for the Nian Gang is as strong as your gratitude to me for killing the eel."

Everyone was in an uproar, and Luo Dahu said strangely: "Engong, no, Master Peng, I mean, since you admire the Nian Gang, we should defend the Nian Gang together, why do you want to disband it."

Peng Wuwang looked up to the sky and laughed, "Think about it, if after killing the eel demon, I insist on staying in your fishing village, eating your food, drinking your food, using yours, killing your son, and usurping your wife, what will happen to you? Bear with me, or attack me in groups and drive me out of the fishing village."

Everyone was silent, and suddenly, a fisherman had the audacity to say, "Engong, you won't do this."

Peng Wuwang's eyes widened and he said, "Why?"

The fisherman looked left and right hesitantly, and said, "I know that you are a chivalrous man, and a chivalrous man would not do this."

Peng Wuwang clapped his hands and said, "Well said. Back then, Nian Hate created the Four Seas Gang in order to defend the interests of the merchants of the Four Seas in troubled times. I revere the Nian Gang, because it allows us Han people to preserve a glimmer of life in troubled times until the prosperous era comes. We all know that people at that time praised the Four Seas Gang as the world's first heroic gang. Since the formation of the gang, the Nian Gang has resisted the Hu people in the north and the Han family in the south, and how many feats of Ren Xia have been done.

The children of the Nian Gang looked at their relatives beside them, and secretly thought, "Look, everyone says that our gang is from the Xia Gang. What else do you have to say?"

Peng Wuwang continued: "Think about it, if you think about it as a chivalrous man, when he was in troubled times, he was to protect the world, then when the troubled times are over, where should this chivalrous man go? Do you continue to stay here, let people worship it every year, worship it every day, raise it, protect it, pet it, or clap your hands and walk, leaving only the name of the chivalry?"

Everyone was silent, they never considered the problem from this angle, they just held the idea of being loyal to the Nian Gang, and kept convincing themselves that this was for the great cause of the Nian Gang. However, they never thought about what the existence of the Nian Gang was? Seeing that everyone was showing thoughtful expressions, Peng Wuwang breathed a sigh of relief, and then said loudly, "Everyone, the mission of the Nian Gang has passed, and now is the time for him to leave. Everyone still takes off their spring, summer, autumn and winter clothes and keeps them at home for generations to come. If one day, the troubled times come, I believe that someone will put on spring, summer, autumn and winter clothes again, reorganize the Nian Gang, and let the Han people in the world reunite under the banner of the Nian Gang."

Everyone looked at each other, and it was difficult to accept Peng Wuhope's appeal for a while, but they hesitated and didn't know what to do. But in their hearts, they vaguely felt that what Peng Wuwang said was not bad at all.

"Guys, what are you hesitating about? Think about it, what do people call you now? What do you call the Year Gang? Look at who the current altar owners are cooperating with to plot great things. It is the same Qingfengtang, the Shenlong Gang, and the same traitor Xiao Xian. Think about what people think of the Nian Gang a hundred years from now, and will they still call it the Chivalrous Gang? So does anyone remember the heroic deeds that the Nian Gang has done for hundreds of years?" Peng Wuwang shouted.

Everyone was shocked and moved, thinking deeply about Peng Wuhope's words. The idea of loyalty and righteousness instilled in the gang for decades and the current righteous outspokenness of Peng Wuwang are constantly and fiercely conflicting. Many of them are rough men who can't read big characters, and these profound truths will not be figured out in a while.

After a long time, Luo Dahu suddenly stood up and said loudly, "I figured it out, the reputation of the Nian Gang is more important than our lives, and I won't help the abuse anymore. The New Year Gang has disbanded, but the righteousness of the New Year Gang will never disappear!"

The elder brother of the Zhao family also stood up: "Peng Yingying is our father-in-law, how can we not listen to what he says."

Li Tou'er also said: "Forget it, I also think it's shameful to be complicit with Xiao Xian, and now that the Nian Gang has been disbanded, I don't have to bear this infamy."

Wan Mazi said loudly: "Let's go, I don't want this spring, summer, autumn and winter clothes."

When there is a beginning, things will become much easier, and the rest of the people will stand up one after another, take off their spring, summer, autumn and winter clothes in their arms, and will disperse.

"Wait!" Peng Wuwang suddenly said loudly.

"What else does Eun Gong command?" Luo Dahu asked loudly.

"It's too irresponsible for you to leave like this, there are still hundreds of thousands of gang members in dozens of courtyards around here, and they have also been bewitched by being important members of this year's gang like you, can you bear to watch them fall into their own death?" Peng Wuwang said loudly.

Only then did the children of these thousands of years really obey Peng Wuhope's chivalrous feelings, and they all responded loudly, saying, "Let's go and persuade them." Peng Wuwang was afraid that they would be in danger, so he went with them.

Persuaded everywhere in this way, things went very smoothly, except for a few stubborn Nian gang leaders, and some underworld figures, the rest of the people were persuaded by Peng Wuwang with all his might, and they dispersed one after another. And the rest of the people, to be stopped, were all cleaned up by Peng Wuwang one by one.

In this way, until the afternoon, most of the hundreds of thousands of gangs dispersed, and the rest did not have the confidence to compete with the Tang soldiers, and they deserted a lot. By the time Peng Wuwang arrived at the inner courtyard of the Nian Gang under the guidance of Luo Dahu, only Zong Haogu and Long Qianlan's cronies were left behind. Strangely, after such a big event, the elders of the Frontyard Gang still did not show up.

"Engong be careful, the guards here are all the guards of the sect master and the dragon altar master, and their martial arts are very high." Luo Dahu whispered.

"I know, you can go back," Peng Wuwang patted him on the shoulder, "I can handle it alone, but if you come out, you will be controlled by others." Let's go, Aunt Zhao is waiting for you."

Luo Dahu nodded gratefully and said, "Engong, you see, my nephew admires you very much and wants to learn martial arts from you."

Peng Wuwang smiled and said, "As long as he suffers, let him come to Qingzhou to find me in three months."

Luo Dahu was overjoyed, took a deep look, and turned his head to leave.